Titus as Caesar, Denarius. Very Rare.

Titus as Caesar, Denarius. 17 mm. 3.3 gm. Rome, c AD 73-76 Obv: T CAESAR IMP VESPASIAN, Laureate bust right. Rev: COS V, Bull standing right. RIC 858. Rare.The reverse likely alludes to a bronze stature of a heifer created by the 5th century BC Greek artist Myron which was reported to be so lifelike as to have attracted a bull and confused shepherds. The statue may have been placed in the Temple of Pax, built by Vespasian to celebrate the end of the Jewish War. Procopius, writing in the 6th century noted that the statue resided in Rome at that time. This is last known historical reference to this famous statue.

Dio Cassius recorded: “The whole construction in the amphitheatre was made in the form of a ship, and was so conceived that 400 beasts might be received into it, and at the same time be sent forth from it. Then, when it suddenly collapsed there issued out of it bears, lionesses, panthers, lions, ostriches, wild asses and bison, so that seven hundred beasts, both wild and domesticated, were seen running about at the same time and were slaughtered.” (LXXVII, 4-5).​

United States, World Columbian Exposition, 1892 50 mm. medallion

United States, World Columbian Exposition, 1892. Copper Medal, 50 mm. 42.6 gm. Obverse: Head of Liberty left wearing pileus with LIBERTY, border of stars, 1892. Rev: Scene of Christopher Columbus and party landing at San Salvador planting flag, DEDICATED TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN HONOR OF THE 400TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA, UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL 1492.

The presiding deity of the Themian games was the goddess Themis, personification of Justice and Order. qema also means a deposit, usually of money, and the Themian games were unusual in having a cash prize for the winners, unlike the more typical awards of wreaths, wine or oil.